Chemin d'Aylmer (Gatineau)
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Chemin d'Aylmer is an east-west main arterial in Gatineau, Quebec. It starts in near les Galeries d'Aylmer shopping center and ends at Boulevard Saint-Raymond where it becomes Boulevard Alexandre-Tache heading towards downtown Gatineau and Ottawa. West of the shopping centre, it becomes Rue Principale until the Aylmer Marina on the eastern shores of the Ottawa River.
This is still considered Aylmer's main commuter routes, as it is only one of two (soon three) that heads towards bridges to Ottawa. Chemin d'Aylmer gives access to the Champlain Bridge towards Tunney's Pasture and Westboro. In the past, there were major lineups that slowed down traffic on that route. The bridge added a reversible carpooling lane in 2004 which eased up the delays during the morning rush hour.
STO routes follows a designated bus lane between Vanier Road and continues east towards downtown. The Rivermead and Hippodrome park and rides are located near Rivermead route and represents the main transit hub of the sector, however most routes travels in both sides of it.
This road may also be called Golf Road as there are 5 golf courses all along its route. There are many other features all along this route including the Sheraton Chateau Cartier, Aylmer's most important hotel, located in the middle of 3 golf courses.
The Aylmer Horse Race Track, called Hippodrome d'Aylmer is only one of four controlled by the province of Quebec (along with Montreal, Quebec City and Trois-Rivières) and holds races notably on Saturday afternoons. It is one of two horse tracks in the National Capital Region, the other being the Rideau-Carleton Raceway in south Ottawa.
Arriving toward the downtown core of Aylmer, there are numerous shopping plazas and strip malls. However, the Glenwood Plaza was destroyed in a massive fire on the morning of July 6th 2005, but there are reconstruction plans for most of the space formerly occupied by the strip mall which housed office space, a post office, a video store, a pharmacy, a pet shop, a daycare centre, a Market Fresh and a Giant Tiger.
On the opposite side of Glenwood Plaza, the largest shopping mall in the western portions of the city of Gatineau and includes a Zellers, a Canadian Tire, a SuperC, a Jean Coutu and a 6-screen cinema theater This road was once part of Route 148 until the construction of Boulevard des Allumetières (formerly Boulevard de l'Outaouais) in the northern part of urban Aylmer.
[edit] Neighbourhoods
- Rivermead
- Glenwood/Vieux Moulin
- Pilon
[edit] See also
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